2013–14 Highland Football League
| Season | 2013–14 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Brora Rangers |
| Matches played | 306 |
| Goals scored | 1208 (3.95 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Conor Gethins (35 goals) |
| Biggest home win | 11–0 Brora Rangers v Strathspey Thistle |
| Biggest away win | 0–9 Strathspey Thistle v Wick Academy |
| Highest scoring | 11–0 Brora Rangers v Strathspey Thistle |
| Longest winning run | 10 – Brora Rangers |
| Longest unbeaten run | 19 – Brora Rangers |
| Longest winless run | 24 – Fort William |
| Longest losing run | 11 – Rothes |
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The 2013–14 Highland Football League kicked-off on 3 August 2013 with the final round of fixtures being played on or before 10 May 2014.[1] The defending champions were Cove Rangers.[2] Brora Rangers were crowned champions for the first time in their history, while Fort William finished last. Brora set new Highland League records by achieving the highest points total and largest margin of victory in the league's history, and their win rate of 31 out of 34 (91.2%) was the highest since Clachnacuddin achieved 11 wins out of 12 (91.7%) in the 1903–04 season. In conceding just 16 goals during the season, Brora also beat Peterhead's previous postwar record of 19 conceded in the 1998–99 season, and became the first club ever to achieve a positive goal difference in excess of 100.
This was the first season in which the Highland League was integrated into the senior pyramid system at level 5, however it was confirmed as per the terms of restructuring that play-offs for a place in the SPFL would commence from 2014–15 onwards.
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brora Rangers (C) | 34 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 123 | 16 | +107 | 95 |
| 2 | Inverurie Loco Works | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 97 | 39 | +58 | 75 |
| 3 | Nairn County | 34 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 86 | 39 | +47 | 75 |
| 4 | Formartine United | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 88 | 36 | +52 | 72 |
| 5 | Fraserburgh | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 89 | 44 | +45 | 71 |
| 6 | Deveronvale | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 65 |
| 7 | Cove Rangers | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 91 | 62 | +29 | 55 |
| 8 | Wick Academy | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 83 | 51 | +32 | 53 |
| 9 | Forres Mechanics | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 52 |
| 10 | Buckie Thistle | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 49 |
| 11 | Clachnacuddin | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 46 |
| 12 | Turriff United | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 44 |
| 13 | Huntly | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 55 | 82 | −27 | 35 |
| 14 | Keith | 34 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 50 | 98 | −48 | 29 |
| 15 | Lossiemouth | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 93 | −59 | 20 |
| 16 | Strathspey Thistle | 34 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 28 | 116 | −88 | 12 |
| 17 | Rothes | 34 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 36 | 136 | −100 | 12 |
| 18 | Fort William | 34 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 35 | 131 | −96 | 9 |
Updated to games played on 16 May 2014.
Source: Highland Football League
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | BROR | BUCK | CLAC | COVE | DEVE | FORM | FORR | FORT | FRAS | HUNT | LOCO | KEITH | LOSS | NAIRN | ROTH | STRA | TURR | WICK |
| Brora Rangers | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 9–0 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 11–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Buckie Thistle | 0–5 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Clachnacuddin | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | |
| Cove Rangers | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 | |
| Deveronvale | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | |
| Formartine United | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 10–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| Forres Mechanics | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | |
| Fort William | 2–5 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–6 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | |
| Fraserburgh | 1–4 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 9–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Huntly | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
| Inverurie Loco Works | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–5 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 7–0 | |
| Keith | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 5–2 | 1–8 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Lossiemouth | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | |
| Nairn County | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
| Rothes | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–9 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–7 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–7 | |
| Strathspey Thistle | 0–6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 0–9 | |
| Turriff United | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Wick Academy | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 8–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 4–1 |
Updated to games played on 16 May 2014.
Source: highlandfootballleague.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
References
- ↑ "Scottish Highland Football League Fixtures for 2013-14". Scottish Highland Football League. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- ↑ Drysdale, Neil (20 May 2013). "McBain is singing in the rain after Cove win Highland League". stv. Retrieved 18 June 2013.